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When Sloane Osborn and Amelia Miller-Poe arrive at Tangle Glen mansion, they have one goal: find the two million dollars that went missing on its premises decades ago. Solving the mystery would be just the kind of splashy victory their new detective agency needs to gain traction.
Except that everything from the weirdly intense peony competition to the mansion's cook who may or may not be hiding murder dolls in the attic seems to get in the way of their investigation. Not to mention Amelia's obsession with speaking in 1920s slang, which sounds like a whole lot of nonsense to Sloane. And when it becomes clear that Amelia and Sloane aren't the only ones searching for the missing millions, things start to get downright dangerous.
So, when Sloane finds herself stranded on the edge of a slippery roof as a terrified bloodhound careens toward her, she can only ask herself:
1. Why are adults so obsessed with peonies?
2. Just how far are the other detectives willing to go to find the millions first?
3. Is the rain gutter on a hundred-year-old mansion strong enough to hold the weight of a thirteen-year-old girl and an exuberant dog?
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November 29, 2022 -
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- ISBN: 9781665912341
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- ISBN: 9781665912341
- File size: 4989 KB
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- English
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- Lexile® Measure: 860
- Text Difficulty: 4-5
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Starred review from September 15, 2022
Two middle school sleuths search for a 1920s gangster's missing loot. Sloane and Amelia haven't had a good case since they solved the century-old mystery of the Cursed Ho�l Jewels (Tangled Up in Luck, 2021), and they're losing YouTube subscribers. But they have an amazing opportunity: What if they find the missing fortune of bootlegger Jacqueline "Ma" Yaklin, a legendary Toledo criminal? Sloane's troublemaking, gambling, scheming grannies (whom she adores) trick Amelia's hypercompetitive family into attending the Annual Ohio Peony Enthusiasts Competition--at a hotel that was once Ma Yaklin's mansion. Now the Osburn and Poe Detective Agency has no excuse for not solving the cold case of the missing millions. Harassed by the over-the-top shenanigans of Amelia's family's ridiculous braggadocio, pestered by the grannies to (cough) discreetly acquire cuttings of prizewinning peonies, and accompanied everywhere by Amelia's costume-wearing, joyful dramatics, the girls will surely solve the mystery and find the lost lucre. Sloane helps Amelia feel better about her family's disrespect, and Amelia comforts Sloane, who's worried about her dad's new girlfriend. But even the laughter at their families' antics is not unkind in this friendship-building yarn. The puzzle itself is solvable by readers, as the foreshadowing omniscient narrator periodically prompts them to notice. Main characters are White. A warmhearted, very funny, madcap caper. (historical note) (Mystery. 9-12)COPYRIGHT(2022) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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